Every year in the month of Suro (Javanese calendar) a village clean-up event is held in my village. This event features several rituals.
What is always there is cone. Tumpeng is food that is arranged high like a cone. Like a mountain.
Usually rice and complement. Such as grilled chicken, dried tempe, fried potato chili sauce, urap-urap, etc.
But now the cone can be in the form of market snacks, fruits, produce and vegetables that are arranged beautifully such as works of art.
This Tumpeng was paraded around the village. Followed by participants who wore colorful costumes and flashmobed beautiful traditional dances in turn.
There are also extreme appearances, for example silat and reog. The dancer will wear a dadak merak, a high mask made of peacock feathers with a wooden frame. Wear it by being bitten.
It seems impossible because of the weight. But that’s the truth. You can watch this parade in my village every month Suro. Please come next year.
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Iya Mbak @Genukrahayu @ untuk tahun ini kebanyakan mengangkat tema yang hampir punah.
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waaah saya suka tumpeng,sayangnya saya nggak bergabung di acara tersebut.semoga agenda seperti ini rutin dilaksanakan supaya nilai nilai budaya di desa mojorejo tetap lestari
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Terima kasih, Ini agenda rutin Mbak @Annisa1208 , selamatannya tiap hari Kamis Legi di bulan Suro. Untuk arak-arakannya biasanya diambil hari Minggu. Semoga tahun depan bisa bergabung.
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Amazing post @Moestika !
Your pictures show bright colors of traditional Bersih Desa event in your village.
I think, many people have worked hard to create such amazing food and colorful costumes! Really beautiful uniquely event!
It would be memorable experience to visit your village and enjoy Bersih Desa event!
Could you tell me more about Javanese calendar?
What months does the month Suro correspond to the Gregorian calendar?
Thank you for sharing!
Regards,
Jane
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Hello dear** @Moestika **thanks a lot for sharing your amazing experience about Bersih Desa festival which looks so colourful and magnificent, especially the costumes of the participants. It’s looking a fun and frolic festival, In India we have some other kinds of festival such as: Ganesh Chaturthi (a festival related to Lord Ganesha), Durga Pooja (related to goddess Durga) so during these festivals we also arrange various events like this.
Some suggestions:
- Kindly attach a video related to this festival if possible because by video it’ll be more attractive
- You also used some local names of fruits and vegetables, kindly write the English translations of the associated terms by using the brackets ( ) because we have local guides from different countries so for easy approach you can edit your post.
And can you tell me in which month you celebrate it?
Is there any relation of Bersih Desa with Islamic Calendar ?
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Hi @JaneBurunina … Suro is the month of the Javanese calendar in Indonesia. Is the beginning of the year. For 2019 to coincide with August 31. During a month a lot of activities carried out. One of them is the Bersih Desa. The goal is to clean the village to avoid disaster. Making a cone is a mandatory activity, the first picture is a rice cone and its complement. Presented in a banana leaf bamboo container. Which is like the gate is a tumpeng jajan pasar, snacks that can be obtained at traditional markets. Which is like a cone is a fruit cone, consisting of oranges, apples, guava, tomatoes, watermelons, pineapple, bananas etc. And next to it the vegetable cone, there are mustard greens, cabbage, carrots, long beans, celery, leeks, eggplants, etc. All will be paraded around the village and end up in the field to pray together. So that all avoid disaster. After that the food was fought over. Falling & dirty food is still taken. Not to be eaten, but made fertilizer for plants. Because we believe that food contains prayer, and we don’t want it to be in vain.
Thanks Jane
Regard
Moes
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Hay @IshantHP_ig Thank you for the advice. Actually what I mean by Javanese is the island of Jawa (Java) in Indonesia. Not Japanese. I participated in the parade, so I can’t make videos. I only made photos with a cellphone camera. You’re right, if there is a video it will be more interesting. I love Indian culture, I hope one day you will share it with us.
Regard
Moes
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Semoga semakin banyak orang orang yang peduli dengan pelestarian budaya …
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Thank you @Moestika so much for detailed description!
The fruit cone looks amazing! Seems it’ll be tasty treat for all participants.
Thank you Moes again
Regards,
Jane
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wah ternyata acara budaya disana sangat bagus apalagi warga sekitar sangat mendukung sehingga acara berlangsung sukses @Moestika
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Aamiin, semoga begitu ya Mbak @Srihayati , dimulai dari kita.
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Welcome @JaneBurunina , Good luck for You.
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Iya @360bymiftah , seandainya Sampean di sini pasti sudah diabadikan dengan foto yang bagus. Ini jadi agenda tahunan lho. Mudah-mudahan Suro tahun depan Sampean bisa bergabung.
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Hi @Moestika , proud of you, sis. In this disruption era, you still maintain our culture of Bersih Desa. In which village do you live, and in which part of Java?
I live in Yogya, nearby my house, there is also Bersih Desa, and they dance and also make a rice cone like yours. We have to maintain the rich of our culture like this.
Thank you for sharing with us,
@Mariani
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Aku di Batu, Jatim @Marianis . Bersih desa sudah jadi agenda tahunan. Kurasa Jogja adalah pusat budaya Jawa. Kita bisa melihat dan merasakan keindahannya melalui aktivitas masyarakatnya yang belum meninggalkan nilai luhur masa lalu. Terima kasih sudah mampir.
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that’s a lovely post @Moestika
thank you for sharing with us.
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Thank you for liking my story @AbdullahAM @The photo you made is also good, I like it. It was amazing. Good luck.
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@Moestika owa so beautiful. Beautiful everyone. I think it was a great time. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Bd
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